Jefferson was also awful on the subject of American Indians. But we have two choices with other people: we can admire the best they do despite their flaws, or we can ignore them because of their flaws. Since I don’t know of any saints, I go with the first option.

And I think anyone Frederick Douglass quoted admiringly deserves respect for the best things he did.

Out of curiosity, do you attack Muslims because their prophet married Aisha when she was younger than Sally Hemings?